Game apparatus.



G. H. FISHER.

GAME APPARATUS.

,l9Q46; ?33a APPLICATION HLED JAN. 17, 1917- Paltented NOV.

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attozneqn G. H. FISHER.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 17. 1917.

' Patented NOV. 13, 1917.

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GEORGE H. FISHER, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented Nov. 13, 1917.

Application filed January 17, 1917. Serial No. 142,874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnonen H. FIsHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah, State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Game Apparatus; and 1' do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to games.

An object of the invention is to provide a game for parlor or club use in which the element of chance is the governing factor, and consists essentially in a game board which may be suitably sub-divided into various sections and over which an indicating device is adapted to be thrown or moved to determine the progress which the players shall make. More particularly, my invention consists in a game board having a central mound from the top of which an indicating ball is adapted to be rolled or projected, the direction which the ball seeks depending almost entirely'upon the element of chance, but aided to some extent by the force and manipulation of the projecting blow imparted by the player.

lVith the above objects in view and such others as may hereinafter appear, my invention will now be fully set forth and described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings.

Figure 1 is a plan view,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation,

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4C is a plan view of a series of playing devices,

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the playing table with the board removed,

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a part of the projecting mechanism,

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a rotary indicator which may be used with my invention, and

Fig. 8 is a section on line 88 of Fig. 7

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates a base plate which may be made of any suitable material and has rising therefrom, adjacent its four corners, a pinrality of posts or standards For a purpose which will hereinafter appear, the posts or standards 2 are made of comparatively large dimensions in cross section. Projecting inwardly from the opposing faces of the standards 2 are the pintles or pins 3 whlch provide a support for a circular game board l which may be made of any suitable material and is provided with an annular retaining rim or ring 5. Centrally, the board at is provided with a bore or opening 6, and is furthermore elevated into a gently sloping mound or dome 7 which terminates practically midway between the center of the board and the periphery thereof. Directly below the center of the board a is mounted a tubular bearing block 8 which provides a seat for a spindle 9, the upper end of the bearing block being spaced from a similar bearing block 10 surrounding the opening 6 below the board at so that a collar or flange 11 carried by the spindle may play vertically between the two bearings. Pivoted upon each of the standards 2 is a lever or catapult 12 whose inner end projects below the flange 11 and whose outer end eX- tends beyond its respective standard 2 so as to provide a suitable finger grip or striking projection for the players hand. The

upper end of the bore 6 is reamed to a slight extent to provide a seat for a ball13, and said seat also permits the upper end of the spindle 9 to strike against the ball with sufficient force to throw the latter upwardly ofi of the seat so that it either strikes upon the mound and rolls upon the flat portion of the board, or is projected directly upon the board, so that it may roll about to a place of rest.

By means of the chance controlled inclicating mechanism described, a number of games may be played upon the board, and upon Fig. 1, two of such games are inclicated, a suitable number of removable disks or cards which fit upon the board 4. between the mound 7 and the rim of the board so as to be interchangeable at will being provided, and each card or disk is sub-divided into spaces to accord with the particular game for which it is designed. Thus, the card which is sectionally indicated at a. is the foundation for a game based upon a game of the States or a geographical game with which a suitable series of score cards may be employed, and interchangeable with the card a is the card or disk Z2 which is the foundation for a base-ball game, and in this connection the tops of the standards 2, as hereinbefore mentioned are made of comparatively large dimension so as to represent the bases of a base-ball diamond, and

as counters or base runners, the plurality of counters or men 14 are provided, and in accordance with the division or sector upon which the ball 13 stops, the men or counters may be progressed around the bases after the manner of a ball game.

If it is desired, for some games, to use a rotary indicator instead of the ball indicator, the spindle 9 may be removed and a spindle l5 substituted therefor which Will project above the top of the mound 7 and provide a bearing for an indicating device which has a plurality of pointers 17, all of which may be used in the playing of the game. The use of the rotary indicator is obvious, the device being spun upon its spindle, and the directions upon the particular segment or division over which the point of the indicator stops being read and utilized in carrying out the steps of the game.

t will be obvious from the foregoing that I have provided a complete, but simple and attractive game board which may be utilized for a number of ames Without the necessity of any radical or complicated changes in the board or its accompanying apparatus. In this manner, I have provided a toy which may be economically manufactured and cheaply sold While providing an interesting variety of amusements for children.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A game apparatus comprising a base,

a circular board elevated above said base, a seat formed at the center of said board, a plun er carried by the base and operative through said seat, a ball adapted to be placed on said seat to be struck by said plunger, and a plurality of levers carried by the base operative on said plunger to project said ball from the seat.

:2. A game apparatus comprising a base, a circular board elevated above said base, a seat formed at the center of said board and elevated above the plane thereof, a plunger carried by the base and operative through said seat, a ball adapted to be placed on said seat to be struck by said plunger, and a plurality of levers carried by the base operative on said plunger to project said ball from the seat.

3. A game apparatus comprising in combination, a base, a plurality of standards carried by the base, a circular game board supported by said standards above the base, and a chance controlled element adapted to be projected over the board from the center of the latter, and means operated from below the board for projecting said element.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses.

G120. F. KAMPF, G. W. NOTHNAGLE.

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